>A while ago (not sure when), I stopped 'seeing' the Chatter section.
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>That is, I have VFP, ASP and Chatter marked as selected forums (fora?) and I see all daily messages from VFP/ASP, but none from Chatter as if there are no Chatter messages.
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>By the time I read all I want in the first two and I want to refresh (Goto) Chatter, the timestamp is now very new so I get an empty Chatter section.
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>Am I missing something here?

You're working virtual. So, all new messages are within the same content. And, of course, as soon as you refresh, the server checks for new messages. Chatter is normally at the end. So, if you click on refresh without having finished reading the messages, yes, of course, they'll go away.